For more links see Andrea Koziol's web page

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      Petrology Sites

      Fluid inclusions
      Granites Rob's Granite Page
      Metamorphic Petrology by Freya Davies
      Skarns and Skarn deposits
      Very low-grade metamorphism
      UNC Atlas of Ig-Met Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section
      Volcanoes (see also USGS Volcano Observatories below):

      Michigan Tech Volcano page
      UC San Diego How Volcanos Work
      Volcano World
      Volcano Cam of several of the world's volcanoes
      Fireplace Spot Volcano Facts for Kids (at the request of Mrs. McVey's fifth grade class)
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      Software, databases, and on-line phase equilibrium sites:
      EarthRef.org Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM) database of distribution coefficients, element concentrations, etc.
      Max-Planck Institut database of igneous rock compositions compiled from recent literature
      IgPet Mike Carr's PC/Mac program for calculating and displaying igneous data
      Terry Gordon's links to Thermodynamic software
      MinExp My computer-simulated experimental phase diagram exercise.
      Mineral, silicate liquid, and water solution properties using MELTS supplemental calculator
      AX Tim Holland's program for calculating activities of mineral solutions
      GTB Matt Kohn and Frank Spear's Macintosh GeoThermoBarometry program
      WEBINVEQ Thermobarometry site of Terry Gordon
      Mark Ghiorsio's MELTS program for modeling of igneous crystallization
      TWQ Rob Berman's thermodynamic database for metamorphic phase equilibria
      THERMOCALC Roger Powell and Tim Holland's database for metamorphic phase equilibria
      Perplex Jamie Connolly's fortran programs for petrological phase diagrams, phase equilibria, and thermodynamic data
      GIBBS Frank Spear's Macintosh thermodynamic database for metamorphic phase equilibria
      SUPCRT My PC version of Hal Helgeson and crew's thermodynamic database- especially good for aqueous solutions
      Bayes U Beyreuth interactive program for computing, viewing, and plotting P-T, T-XCO2, P-XCO2, and T-fO2 phase diagrams.
      GPT Reche & Martinez Excel Spreadsheet for thermobarometric calculations in metapelitic rocks
      CSPACE Djinn Works program for the graphical and algebraic analysis of compositional data (good for projections and balancing reactions)
      RockWare Earth Science Software
      Software for Science

      Mineral and Petrological Sites, Databases and Structures

      Athena Mineralogy
      Alphabetical Mineral Reference from Geology & Geophysics, Univ. Wisconsin
      Database of all crystal structures published in American Mineralogist , collated by Bob Downs
      Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents Database - MPI für Chemie, Mainz, Germany:
      Handbook of Mineralogy 904 mineral species published in Volume II (Silicates) as Adobe pdf files.
      MINERAL: A Mineral Reference Book (Commercial mineral database)
      International Mineralogical Assoc. Commission on Mineral Names (list of approved names)
      Mineral Database by David Barthelmy
      Mineral structure database from Mineral Structures Laboratory, U. Colorado
      Mineral Spectroscopy Server: Caltech
      Minerals under the microscope (An optical mineralogy course)
      Mineral web: 3-d diagrams of mineral structures (requires Chime plug-in)
      MinMax Mineral Information System
      Institute of Mineralogy, University of Wuerzburg- Mineralogy Links
      Optical Mineralogy by Mickey Gunter
      An Earth Scientist's Periodic Table of the Elements and Their Ions L. Bruce Railsback, Department of Geology, University of Georgia
      PLUTO USGS downloadable rock chem. database
      Mineralogy Software download sites:

      Crystaldesigner (Downloadable demo for Mac only)
      Xtaldraw Software Great PC program to display crystal structures

      Mineral Collecting and Commercial Sites

      Bob's Rock Shop
      Collecting minerals on about.com with your host, Chris Leger
      The Mineral Gallery: A service of Amethyst Galleries, Inc. This is an on-line guide to minerals (complete with descriptions, images, and physical characteristics).
      Mineral Collectors Page (Mineralogical Club of Antwerp, Belgium )
      Rockhounds Information Page

      Journals

      American Journal of Science
      American Mineralogist
      Bulletin of Volcanology
      Canadian Mineralogist
      Computers and Geosciences
      Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
      Earth and Planetary Science Letters
      Economic Geology
      Electronic Geosciences European Journal of Mineralogy
      Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems E-journal
      Geochemistry International (Geokhimiya)
      Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
      Geological Magazine
      Geological Materials Research
      Geology
      GSA Bulletin
      Geophysical Research Letters
      International Geology Review
      Journal of Geochemical Exploration
      Journal of Geology
      Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth)
      Journal of Metamorphic Geology USA site
      Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (JMPS)
      Journal of Petrology

      Journal of South American Earth Sciences
      Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
      Lithos
      Mineralogical Journal (Japan)
      Mineralogical Magazine
      The Mineralogical Record
      Mineralogy and Petrology
      Nature
      Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
      Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
      Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
      Precambrian Research
      Science
      Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology (SMPM)
      Tectonics

      Professional Societies

      Leslie Baker's Meeting List

      Andrea Koziols' Meeting List

      American Association for the Advancement of Science
      American Chemical Society and Geochemistry division
      American Crystallographic Association
      American Geological Institute
      American Geophysical Union
      Association for Women GeoScientists
      Association Francaise de Micromineralogie
      Clay Minerals Society
      European Mineralogical Union
      European Union of Geosciences
      The Geochemical Society
      The Geological Society (London)
      The Geological Society of America
      Geological Association of Canada
      International Committee on Natural Zeolites--ICNZ
      International Union of Crystallography
      International Mineralogical Association
      The Meteoritical Society
      Mineralogical Association of Canada
      Mineralogical Society of America
      The Mineralogical Society (of Great Britain and Ireland)
      National Association of Geoscience Teachers
      Russian Mineralogical Society (VMO)
      Society of Economic Geologists
      Society for Luminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy (SLMS)
      Society of Mineral Museum Professionals

      Laboratories, Surveys, and other Organizations

      American Museum of Natural History Home of Planet Earth
      British Geological Survey
      Carnegie Institute of Washington Geophysical Lab
      Danish Geological Museum
      Geological Survey of Canada
      Jet Propulsion Laboratory
      Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
      Livermore National Laboratory Geosciences Home Page or Geochemistry Group
      Los Alamos Geology and Geophysics
      Lunar and Planetary Institute
      Museum of Victoria Mineralogy and Petrology section
      NOAA: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) main homepage
      Natural History Museum (London) Dept. of Mineralogy, research
      Norwegian Geological Museum
      A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
      Smithsonian Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
      USGS home page

      Geologic information
      Minerals theme
      Mineral resources (good set of links)
      Spectroscopy Lab
      Volcano Hazards Program
      AVO: Alaskan Volcanological Observatory
      CVO: Cascade Volcanological Observatory
      ...Mt. St. Helens Volcano Cam
      HVO: Hawaiian Volcanological Observatory

      Basic Resources

      Illustrated Glossary of Geology Iowa State University
      Virtual Geosciences Professor
      Chemistry:
      WebElements
      Chart of the nuclides
      Atomic Radii Tables courtesy of Nat Alcock
      Geochemistry on the WWW from Cornell
      Fundamental constants from NIST
      Geoscience Departments:
      US and Canada WWW Directory
      Europe Mainz list of European departments
      UK Earth Science servers Cambridge's list of UK departments
      Geoweb WWW links to scientists and institutions in Russia and other CIS countries
      Crystallography World Wide International Union of Crystallography
      Electron Microscopy Yellow Pages
      EPMA & SEM facilities, World Wide
      Web listing of Mineralogy and Petrology meetings of interest maintained by Andrea Koziol
      Websurfer's Weekly Earth Science Review - a weekly review of internet sites devoted to the terrestrial and planetary sciences

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